Ghana News Agency

Tuesday 28th February, 2017

By
Bajin D. Pobia, GNAWa, Feb.28, GNA - The
Japan International Cooperation Agency, Ghana Office is to implement Life
Course Approach Programme in Upper West Region this year
The programme involves
focusing on the total health development of the aged, babies, adolescent, wives
and husbands, especially the entire family life at the Community-based Health
Planning and Services (CHPS) zones unde

By
Bajin D. Pobia, GNA

Wa, Feb.28, GNA - The
Japan International Cooperation Agency, Ghana Office is to implement Life
Course Approach Programme in Upper West Region this year

The programme involves
focusing on the total health development of the aged, babies, adolescent, wives
and husbands, especially the entire family life at the Community-based Health
Planning and Services (CHPS) zones under its phase three support for the health
sector.

Madam Maki Ozawa, a
Representative of JICA, Ghana Office, said JICA had noticed that without a
healthy family, the survival of children would not be guaranteed hence the
introduction of the programme to ensure total health development for families
at the CHPS zones to help sustain child survival in the communities.

She said with the
emergence of new diseases such as cancers and tuberculosis among others that
were afflicting many families in recent times, health promotion activities
should be more focused on the rapid ageing population which Ghana was
experiencing.

Madam Ozawa said this
during an interaction with the Ghana News Agency after the opening session of
the 2016 Upper West Regional Health Performance Review meeting in Wa.

She said public health
issues must be a priority concern to address to ensure a healthy population in
Ghana.

She said since 2006 to
2010, JICA had supported the health sector in the region providing CHPS
Compounds and from 2011 to 2016, it also supported maternal and child health
activities but would now expand its scope to promoting health activities of all
ages in the families, especially life style issues.

Madam Ozawa said JICA
had invested 10 million United States dollars in the provision of 64 CHPS
Compounds for the Upper West Region.